Tom Robinson and Boo Radley as symbolized by the mockingbird(六下)

In the bookTo Kill a Mockingbird, the mockingbird in the title is a bird that does nothing but sings for people to enjoy. Therefore, as mentioned in the book, it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. However, its meaning does not stop here. The mockingbird can also symbolize two characters, Tom Robinson and Boo Radley. They have similarities and also bear differences.

Tom Robinson and Boo Radley are in some ways alike. They are both targeted with prejudiced views. In the case of Tom Robinson, racism makes people mistrust him and look down upon him. People disrespect him and talk to him rudely. For example, at the trial, when the prosecutor, Mr Gilmer, was questioning Tom Robinson, he addressed him as “boy” and sneered at him. Some also assume that he is guilty based on their attitude against Negroes, like the mob in the jailhouse. Boo Radley also has prejudiced views against him. Since he never comes out of the Radley place, rumours spread. Scout’s description of Boo Radley: six-and-a-half feet tall, dining on raw squirrels and cats, bloodstained eyes, a jagged scar; was an example of what the townspeople thought of Boo Radley.

The two characters are also different.未完？

寫于2022.3.5

8級To Kill a Mockingbird467人有 · 評價111 · 書評6Harper LeeGrand Central Publishing / 1988-10 A story unrolls through the tale of two children’s childhood. A lawyer’s advice to his children to “remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird”, a bird that makes music for people to enjoy, shows a resemblance, as the lawyer defends the real mockingbird- a black man wrongly accused with the rape of a white girl. Scout and Jem witness how a man was crushed by racism in a town steeped with prejudice, as Tom Robinson, a black man, was convicted with rape he had never accused, because a girl getting rid of him after being seen trying to tempt him, and found guilty by the juries simply because of prejudice against his race- “In our courts, when it’s a white man’s word against a black man’s, the white man always wins.”